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[接上页] "new passenger ship" (新客船) means a passenger ship the keel of which is laid, or which is at a similar stage of construction, on or after 25 May 1980 or a cargo ship which is converted to a passenger ship on or after that date; "non-combustible material" (非可能燃烧物料) means material which when heated to a temperature of 750oC neither flames for longer than 10 seconds duration, nor raises either its internal temperature or the temperature of the test furnace more than 50oC above 750oC when tested in accordance with British Standard Specification 476: Part 4: 1970 and the expression "combustible material" (可能燃烧物料) shall be construed accordingly; "oil fuel unit" (燃油机组) means- (a) in relation to Part VI, the equipment used for the preparation of oil fuel for delivery to an oil-fired boiler or equipment used for the preparation for delivery of heated oil to an internal combustion engine, and includes any oil pressure pumps, filters and heaters dealing with oil at a pressure greater than 1.8 bar gauge; and (b) in relation to Part VIA, the equipment used for the preparation of oil fuel for delivery to the oil burners of an oil-fired boiler and includes the oil pressure pumps, filters and heaters;"passenger" (乘客) means any person carried in a ship except- (a) a person employed or engaged in any capacity on board the ship on the business of the ship; (b) a person on board the ship either in pursuance of the obligation laid upon the master to carry shipwrecked, distressed or other persons, or by reason of any circumstances that neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) could have prevented; and (c) a child under one year of age;"passenger ship" (客船) means a ship carrying more than 12 passengers and propelled by electricity or other mechanical power; "passenger space" (客舱) means a space provided for the use of passengers; "permeability" (渗透率) in relation to a space means the percentage of that space below the ship's margin line which, on the assumption that it is in use for the purpose for which it was appropriated, can be occupied by water; "permissible length" (许可长度) of a compartment having its centre at any point in the length of a ship means the product of the floodable length at that point and the factor of subdivision of the ship; "public spaces" (公用舱) includes halls, dining rooms, bars, smoke rooms, lounges, recreation rooms, nurseries, libraries and similar public permanently enclosed spaces; "radiotelegraph room" (无线电报室) has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Radio Installations) Regulations (Cap 369 sub. leg.); "ro/ro cargo spaces" (滚装货舱) means spaces not normally subdivided in any way and extending to either a substantial length or the entire length of the ship in which goods (packaged or in bulk, in or on rail or road cars, vehicles (including road or rail tankers), trailers, containers, pallets, demountable tanks or in or on similar stowage units or other receptacles) can be loaded and unloaded normally in a horizontal direction; "ro/ro passenger ship" (滚装客船) means a passenger ship provided with cargo or vehicle spaces in which vehicles or cargo can be loaded or unloaded in a horizontal direction; "rooms containing furniture and furnishings of restricted fire risk" (内设有限火警危险的家具及陈设的房间) means rooms containing furniture and furnishings of restricted fire risk (whether cabins, public spaces, offices or other types of accommodation) in which- (a) all case furniture such as desks, wardrobes, dressing tables, bureaux, dressers, is constructed entirely of approved non-combustible materials, except that a combustible veneer not exceeding 2 millimetres may be used on the working surface of such furniture; (b) all free-standing furniture such as chairs, sofas, tables is constructed with frames of non-combustible materials; (c) all draperies, curtains and other suspended textile materials have qualities of resistance to the propagation of flame in accordance with the requirement of Type B performance of British Standard 5867: Part 2; (d) all carpet floor coverings have qualities of resistance to the propagation of flame to the satisfaction of the Director; and (e) all exposed surfaces of bulkheads, linings and ceilings shall be such that a Class 1 or 2 surface spread of flame is not exceeded;"service space" (服务舱) includes galleys, pantries containing cooking appliances, lockers and storerooms, paint rooms, baggage rooms, workshops other than those forming part of machinery spaces, mail rooms and similar spaces and trunks to such spaces; "settling tank" (沉淀柜) means an oil storage tank having a heating surface of not less than 0.183 square metre per tonne of oil capacity; "similar stage of construction" (相若建造阶段) means in relation to a ship, the stage at which- (a) construction identifiable with the ship begins; and |